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Word: somethingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Small wonder that fashionable opinion in Washington is now having second thoughts about this sudden overdose of ethics. Take Bush, who in late January declared that his commitment to the highest ethical standards "is not, believe me, a fad or some passing fancy." Of course, this was before Tower began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drawing The Line | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Only three weeks later, Koskotas says, he was summoned by Papandreou. It was apparent to Koskotas that something was wrong. Sternly the Prime Minister warned that because of the passport violation, Koskotas might have to go to jail. Eventually Papandreou declared Koskotas need not worry. But there were certain requirements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scandals The Looting of Greece | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

And that's about it when you go looking for dirt on Sam Nunn. Oh, sure, he's accepted some modest honorariums from defense contractors, and Perry and Georgia are not hurting for military contracts, and there was also the time, when he was 26, that Nunn got loaded at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart, Dull And Very Powerful: SAM NUNN | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Something else must happen if Nunn is ever to become President. Americans will have to fall out of love with charisma. The words that define Nunn are "serious" and "studious." Thirty-second sound bites are not his forte. He once turned down a chance to appear on national television to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart, Dull And Very Powerful: SAM NUNN | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

The real focus of last week's rescue effort was not the would-be Defense Secretary but the President himself. Determined not to retreat in their first showdown with Congress -- and no less determined to squelch the spreading impression that Bush is off to a feckless start -- the President and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So Much for Bipartisanship | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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